The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, December 10, 1895, Page 6

THE SAN FRANCISCO CALL, TUESDAY, DECEMBER 10, 1895. ION RATES—Postage Free: RIPT ol ar, by ALE, six months, b ALL, thre one mo; I, by 310 3 San Fran Telephone.. S 2 EDITORIAL ROOMS: 17 Clay Stree Telephone BRAN tgowery street, corner Clay _corner Sixteenth and Mission streets; open 9 o'clock. ; open nntil 9 o'clock. 1 until 8 0'clock. OAKLAND OFFICE t dway. EASTERN OFFICE: 34 Park Row, New York City. The question of the day: the convention? 1f Cleveland wishes to shoot ducke, let ess can answer Salisbury. There are many holiday novelties in the shops, but the old familiar toys are the best. him do it; Cong Municipal reform has got well inside of the ring now and is scattering the ring- sters. 1f we are to get the convention next year there will be a jubilee in town right away. Once more we remind you to do your Christmas shopping early and get the first choice. ed the opening of the new Christmas, and thereisa We are prom Cliff House by frolic ahead. From the looks of the. shop windows it would seem that civilization 1s a bric-a- brac factory. In returning to this country again Dun- raven will confer a favor if he will make it his ultimatum. The contest against the funding bill is one of the fights the people enjoy as much as a holiday sport. It looks now as if the rain intended to wait and drop in about Christmas day as it did on Thanksgiving. The Grand Jury seems to be giving the | Solid Eight a surprise party often enough to keep them dancing right along. Agitators of all kinds should remember when speaking for liberty that it is Ameri- can law that has secured it to them, The Senators who thought they would not care to organize the Senate have now begun to catch their second thoughts. Kaiser William left a hunting trip to at- tend to business, so the report that Cleve- land has the instinct of a Kaiser is incor- rect. One of the best California articles to send to your Eastern friends as a holiday giftis a year’s subscription to THE WEEKL CALL. If you have not time to run all over town you can find where the best Christ- mas gifts are by reading our advertising columris, The atrife between the Canadian Gov- ernment and Manitoba may treat this con- tinent to a war yet before Europe gets ready to fight. Jew-hater Ahlwart may thank his stars if he finds a frosty reception in this coun- try, for he stands a chance of getting one that is red hot. As the coming comet has one long tail and seven short ones, 1t may be a portent of an approaching combination between Buckley and the Junta. The fact that it is the Czar this time who wishes to preserve the Turkish empire shows hew far the revolution in that country has already gone. No matter who may be appointed to the committee chairmanships, Tom Reed will see to it that this is a business Congress and does it€ work promptly. Since Salisbury must know he does not intend to put up a war with the United States over Venezuela, he might at least have the diplomacy to shut up. All sections of California should not only support Stockton in her efforts to obtain a big appropriation for river improvement, but should imitate her example. There may be hesitations among the Senators on some subjects, but ail of them are ready to open up from the bottom like a volcano, on the Monroe doctrine. Now is the time to remember that if we do not win the convention, we have at least derived a profit from the unity of effort engendered in working for it. John Bull is evidently preparing for his military picnic in Ashantee this winter with the intention of annexing the picnic grounds as soon as the frolic is over. Kansas makes up for a temporary ab- sence of blizzards by having a beer war in Wichita, a bread war in Leavenworth and a red-hot war between Leland and anti- Leland Republicans. The absence of enthusiasm on the part of the Spanish troops who have been poured by thousands into Cuba is the chief cause of Campos being unable to stay the victories of the insurgent: 1t seems certain we will lead on the first ballot for the National Convention, and as we are the second choice of several of the contesting cities, we have a very good chance of leading on the last one also, 1i, as the New York Herald insists, there is no salvation for the Democratic party except in renominating Cleveland the party might as well prepare tc adopt a tombstone for a platform and order a hearse. The time may not be very propitious for the advocacy in the Senate of free silver, but Senator Mitchell and those who think with him will not let the subject get cold from any lack of urging the paramount igoportance of the subject, {raise this point in the appeal A GROSS OUTRAGE. If the numerous persons whom Henry Tessmer and Erofessor ‘Pfenninger say know something about briping Supervisors are summoned by the Grand Jury and tell all they know, we may expect such a re- form in the City goyernmeni as an enforce- ment of ‘the penal laws can effect. These citizens tell a story of meanness despicable in the extreme, ' It is that when the resi- dents of the Bernal leights region a few months ago petitioned the Board of Super- Visors to extend the pound limits, so as to make that region safe against tbe dangeis depredations of cattle and hogs, the milkmen who were threatened raised a corruption fund and bribed four members of the “Solid Bight” in the Board of Sup- ervisors to deny the petition. Names, dates and amounts are given to the Grand Jury in startling detail, in spite of the fact that the life of one of the informants is said to have been threatened. If there were a few more such fearless and public- spirited citizens as Messrs. Tessmer and Pfenninger political corruption would soon cease in San Francisco. The case as has been stated by these men is exceedingly black. Bernal Heights rise from charming Precita Valley, dip to Army.street on the north and are passed by the Mission-street electric road. They constitute one of the most picturesque res- idence sites in the City and have a climate which shares with the whole Mission re- gion much of the sunshine, warmth and blandness peculiar to that part of the City The subdivision of the slopes into lots the Jaying out and grading of the streets, the establishment of a water supply and electric lights and the extension of the Mission-street electric line have brought the Heights into prominence, buta fatal | obstacle to their fuller settlement presented itself. For years the whole region has been overrun with cattle kept by dairy- raen and by hogs raised for the slanghter- pens. As the dairymen hold orly small lots under lease which are insufficient to accommodate their cattle, and as the pound ordinance did not extend that far, the animals were given the freedom of the streets. As aresult women and children have been killed or maimed and private property has been invaded and destroyed and the settlement of the region retarded. A fuller investigation may change some of the aspects of the case, but the great fact remains that if we should elect to office men of the highest character and free from all suspicion of connection with political bosses such charges as this would never be made. The harm which the City suffers from the mere suspicion of the in- tegrity of its officers is a rebuke that intel- ligent citizens should have too much shame to deserve. IRRIGATION VIDE_AS. In an informal talk with a number of capitalists at Stockton the other day Pro- fessor George Davidson, whose opinion is always entitled to respect, gave this inter- esting view on the subject of irrigation rights, as reported by the Stockton Record : “The interpretation by the courts of these rights on the basis of English law can be seriousiy questioned in view of the treaty of Guadaloupe, which was supposed to concede to the inhatitants of the ceded territory all those natural rights they had enjoyed under Spanish and Mexican rule.” ‘Whether or not it is the intention to to the United States Supreme Court from Judge Ross’ decision we are not informed. Itscon- sideration would involve the terms of the treaty, the conditions e ng prior to its making, and the question as to whether it would be proper to consider these matters as having value when weighed against the common law. That irrigation is a far more important matter than most residents of the State have yet learned is a fact clear to Pro- fessor Davidson’s understanding. He say “Water is to the State of California just what blood is to the human system, and the mistake which more than all others together has retarded the progress of the State in population and agri- cultural resources is our failure to appre- ciate this fact. Every man should be in- sured the use of all the water he actually needs and no more. All waters should be the property of the State or under its direct control, and should be looked after to the end that none be wasted. Many people consider irrigation as a neces- sity only on the plains, but when we consider that in the San Joa- quin and Sacramento valleys there are 8,000,000 acres of land which in the strict construction of the word are ‘arid,’ it is wonderful to contemplate the transforma- tion which could be brought about by a proper application of water to the sections needing it. Irrigation means proper drainage, eqnitable dgistribution and a periodical application of water at times gatged by the effects of the atmosphere upon the land of the different sections. State control does not necessarily mean State ownership, but it imphes a solution of the subject with a view of the general good.” This is a clear, wise and succinct state- ment of the caseand should be understood by every land-ownerin the State. MEXIOAN AFFAIRS, The Berkeley University has just issued avaluable and deeply interesting brochure by Dr. Bernard Moses, professor in the University of California, upon ‘“‘The Railw: Revolution in Mexico.” Pro- fessor Moses modestly calls his work notes of a vacation journey extending over nearly all the raiiway lines in Mexico, but in ninely pages he givesusa history of transportation in Mexico from Spanish days to the present, with shrewd philosophical remarks upon the more apparent results of the introauction of railways into this erstwhile isolated country. The book is full of good things for the political economist, the financier and the merchant, and of suggestions of great value to all having established com- mercial relations with the country, as well as those seeking Mexico as a market for their productions. The remarks upon the effect of the depreciation in the value of Mexican silver, combined with high protective tariff, coming at this time, wil! be read with much interest. INFORMING THE WORLD. The Grass Valley Union has printed a very handsome souvenir in the interests of the mining industry of Nevada County. Editor Prisk is to be congratulated fora very beautiful piece of typographical work, which, as he says, ‘‘is certainly an evidence of enterprise not to be dampened by the ‘stringency of the money market,”” and he may rest assured, also, that his splendid edition will be avpreciated, not only by the regular patrons of the Union, but by a multitude of people inside and out of the State. The pictures illustrative of mining, the views of Grass Valley in 1852 and 1895, the portraits of notable Ne- vada County officials, are all in the very best style of the photogravure artist. The reading matter is full of iniormation, weil digested and judiciously arranged. A cousiderable part of the value of such a publication is its timeliness. While it is eminently proper that newspapers should | experiencing a revival of activity surpass- publish editions having for their principal motive a desire to call attention to their | own growth and prosperity, special edi- tions issued for the purpose of educating the public concerning a particular feature | of local industrial progress are exceedingly | valuable, I'he mining regions of the State are now ing in importance the brilliant achieve- | ments of early days. The public generally, and those interested in the mining inaus- try particularly, depend to a great extent on the information given by the news- papers published in the mining centers. A special edition devoted to the progress of | this industry has a very great value and exerts a strong influence in forwarding the good work that has been already begun. AN ERRONEOUS VIEW. A dangerous conception of duty with regard to the conduct of local governmeut is discovered in the St. Helena Seatinel. The view there expressed is so directly ap- plicable to events in San Francisco that a discussion of them is timely. 5 Oar contemporary begins the announce- ment of its policy with this wise declara- tion: “Men and not party ideas locally; party ideas and not men nationally.” Then it proceeds unwittingly to stultify this motto by announcing that it will be independent in Jocal politics, for the reason that “from the local point of view the whole country is more or less non-partisan or independent,” and that both Democrats and Republicans vote for candidates who belong to neither party, ‘‘as a protest against local bosses in either or both of the old parties.”” Elsewhere our contemporary say: “This independent attitude assumed by the people was forced upon them through Jocal bossism. In almost every party there is a town clique or ring that presumes to run primaries and dictate from the mire of politics who shall be officers in the com- munity. Against this state of affairs the people rebel, but instead of opposing it in | the primary fight they choose to oppose them in the oven—at the ballot-box. The result is that the bosses find themselves defeated by the people who care more for | decency in politics than for partisanship. This alternative remains open to the peo- ple, who will not be slow to use it.” The evident weakness of this argument is that the energy, intelligence and public | spirit necessary to defeat the candidates of the b 1 the election might be made equally effective in defeating the candi- dates of the bosses in the primaries. There is no escape from that proposition. To follow the plan of permitting the bosses to name the candidates and then attempting to defeat them at the polls not only to run the grave risk of failing | to defeat them, but is also a desertion‘of the varty, a surrender of its machinery to | unsciupulous men, a destruction of its | strength as a factor in securing its State | and National power, and an invitation for | the election of rogues to office. And yet | every respectable Republican or Democrat | who deserts his party for an independent | movement is doing each and all of these most unworthy, most unintelligent and | most unpatriotic things, besides taking | chances on being made the tool of asu serupulous persons as those whom he seeking to punish. | The plain duty of an intelligent Repub- lican or Democrat is to exercise all his ef- | forts to secure uprightness in his party. | Ii his efforts in that direction fail, and he observes that corrupt men or men with a | shady history dominate the party and nominate unworthy candidates along | with worthy, it is his duty as a citizen to vote for the worthy and reject the un- werthy; but the fact that improper candi- dates may have been nominated by his party in no sense releases him from his | obligation as a citizen to stand by his| party and work unceasingly to purify it To desert itis merely to strengthen the evil which the desertion is intended to | cure. i This is true also of newspapers. The | one that has furnished the text for these observations announces that while it will be independentin local politics it will be Republican in National concerns. That | position is illogical and dangerous. There | could not be a pure National party if the | idea of abandoning the local party to | bosses and other rascals were uni\'ersn].! This is so evident that it needs no demon- | stration. If our contemporary would | mercilessly assail bossism and its at- tendant evils in local affairs and at the same time earnestly urge honest men to take an interest in the loca! organization and extirpate its evil, it would be render- ing the best service to the community and adding to the strength of the National party. THE CHIOAGO “ RORSE REVIEW.” | The Chicago Horse Review’s Christmas number is & handsomely illustrated book, filled with clever stories and valuable in- formation for breeders and racing men. Articles by Leslie E. Macleod and John E. Wallace on *“How to Improve the Year Book,” the ‘“Leading Families of 1895,” the *‘Rise and Fall of the Range Horse,” and his utilization as food, “‘Chats with and about some Old-time Drivers,” with a paper on the horses of Napoleon and Grant, by Allen W. Thomson, are specially noteworthy and will make this number valuable for future reference as to the doings of horsemen the past year. 'PRESIDENTIAL CANDIDATES, Providence Journal. Mr. Reed has one advantage over his com- petitors for the Republican Presidential nomi- nation. He will be continually in the public eye the next few months, while comparatively little will be heard of Messrs. McKinley, Harri- son and Morton in the natural course of events. | Butin tiis advantage lie many obvious dan- | gers. It will require a great and sustained effort on the part of the Speaker to end the ses- sion of the incoming Congress without injury 10 his chances in the National Convention. Cleveland Leader. McKinley is the first choice in most of the States and second choice in others. Even in New England Ohio’s Governcr is favored by the members of the Grange after Reed. That is the case in Maine, New Hampshire, Vermont and Connecticut. In New York the Grangers like Governor Morton, but if he cannot be nominated they want McKinley. In Delaware, West Virginia, Michigan, Iliinols, Kansas and Mississippi McKinley was the first choice over all the other candidate: Cleveland Leader. The unhappy Bourbons ean blame only themselves now if they grope longer for & candidate for 1896. We have pointed out their only victorious leader, their only champion ‘who has about him the charm and prestige of success. Let them take Budd, James H. Budd of the Golden State, or own that they do not know & chance when it is pointed out to them. Providence Journal. Can it be that Governor-elect Bradley's un- willingness to be considered in connection with the Vice-Presidential nomination of his xnty 1s ‘)rom ted by a desire to secure yet igher political honors? A Republican Presi- dential candidate from the Bourbon State would be & striking novelty. Columbia River Cascade Locks. Pendleton East Oregonian. The locks at the Cascades will not be com- pleted as promised. Promises of men engaged on Government works are like pie crust—made to be broken. Work on the locks was begun twenly years ago, and more than one peanut politician_has used 1t asacat's paw 1o pull political chestnuts out of the fire, 4 AROUND THE CORRIDORS. Among the arrivals at the Grand Hotel is ex- Governor L. A. Sheldon of New Mexico, who in late years has transferrcd his re ence to Pasadena and become a thorongh Californian. The ex-Governor is one of the best-known men in the West, and one of the most adroit of men in polities. It was he whomore than any one else brought about the nomination of James A. Garfietd for the Presidency, and to tnis day the delegates who attended the convention regard it as one of the neatest pieces of political work they have ever seen. Governor Sheldon is a native of Ohio, the schoolmate and intimate friend of Mr. Gar- field. He had set his heart on getting the nomination for his friend, and he left no stone unturned to do it. John Sherman got mad at him for it and for | other things tnathe supposed Sheldon did to turn bim down, but afterward found that the | pectea the last of the week, and shortly after it | will begin_grinding baisamic oil out of | Josephine County’s evergreens and drying the | pulp for medicated mattresses and pillows. | Some delay has been encountered in getting the necessary machinery in San Francisco, but | the factory 1o doubt wil be in successful op- eration by the 15tn of December. Owners of | pine-needle orchards are beginulng to look down on hop men, watermelou-raisers and | country editors. | Varieties of Californian €limate. i Stockton Tndependent. | The object of Truckee's ice palace fs to snow | that Calitornia has real winter as well as per- | petual summer, and a climate that embraces | all the degrees between the extremes. In Stockton this week overcoats have not been | necessities, while the people in the elevated re- | gions are skating on ice. While flowers bloom in the valleys boys are wbopignnim( in the mountain regions, and while farmers are cut- ting their last crop of alinlfa in irrigated gions ice is being harvested in the Sierras. Where is the State or country that ean présent EX-GOVERNOR L. A. SHELDON OF NEW MEXICO, NOW OF PASADENA, WHO BROUGHT ABOUT THE NOMINATION OF GARFIELD. Governor had done nothing against the real ethics of politics. letters fixed the matter all right, and now the | Spartacus of Mansfield’ is one of Sheldon’s!| firmest friends, though he did chisel him out of the Presidency. i Governor Stieldon had a long laugh about it yesterday. plete story of how Gartield was nominated, and he pulled it from his pocket and read a few extracts. The part that Bob Ingersoll played, the atti- tude of Roscoe Conkli and Blaine were set forth in detail. “I told' Conkling ju st before the meeting of the convention when we had arrived on the ground,” said the Governor, ‘‘that Garfield would be the man. He did not seem displeased, but acquiesced largely in my views. “That was a great convention; one of the most noteble that ha: r been held.” * Ex-Justice of the Peace Henry Schaefer, known all over the const as “Judge” Schaefer, who & couple of years ago made a comfortable bonanza out of mines at White Hills, Ariz., is in the City. The Judge was the discoverer of the first pay mine in the White Hills, and many were the days, so he tells himself, when it was tough rustling to make both ends meet on that sec tion of the frontier. The new place which the Judge had chosen in which to locate a mine was well on to fifty miles away from Kingman, the nearest place where bacon, sugar, coffee and flour cbuld be bought. Besides this, the entire region was feariully destitute of water. There was & good, liberal sprinkling of alkali to be counted on also wherever the veteran miner and dispenser of justice chanced to cast his eyes. It was no paradise the Judge had struck. That was apparent. Butaftera couple of years of this kind of life the gods smiled on him. He got & good boay of ore, and almostimmediately Jet go of some of s several properties. The sum he got was about $50,000, and straight- way the Judge sidetracked the pick and shovel so far as personal exertions were concerned and betook himself to an easier mode of life. He has sbjured the fiannel shirt for one of the boiled variety, and he has discarded some other of the habiliments of mining camp garb, though he vet wears a sort hat. Seen at the Grand yesterday he said he had recently invested $15.0001n a factory for mak- inga new kind of cash-register, and thought e would yet make another bonanza. “Iyet own amine in the White Hills,” said Judge Schaeier. “It is the Schaefer's Treas- urer, and is the first one, in fact, that was dis- covered at White Hills. It's a good property, and I have no fear inregard to its permanency. “Ihave been making my homé at Los An. geles for a good while past, but my business will now keep me here a great deal.” The' old pioneer, who has in nis time dis- covered some of the best mines in Nevada and Utah, as well as in Arizona, is in exceedingly £00d Liealth. Tiis new successes have given him all the confidence of youth, thongh his confidences seem rarely to have ever been misplaced. Whenever he spent the money completely from one discovery, he somehow | alwsys managed to make a raise again. Jerome Churchill, one of the pioneers of Siskiyou County, and one of the richest also, is down from his home at Yreka. He says that not since the old gold-mining days has there Dbeen so much activity at Yreka. The activity amounts to littie short of a boom. There is not a vacant house in the town. The population has increased very rapidly during the past few months, and is in- creasing now steadily. It is all, he says, be- cause of the development of the gold mines, Much as the county has been worked, and not- withstanding the fame of its different bars and ledges, because of their products in past times, tne county, he says, bids fair to eclipse ali for- mer records. Mr. Churchill is here on a busi- ness trip. He is at the Grand. A. Marks of Australia, who has long been a builder of red gumwood pavements, the kind used for the streets of Melbourne and Sydney, is at the Occidental. The blocks are three inches by nine in size and laid on 4 bed of con- crete. Mr. Marks nas been on a visite to New York and has formed a company to introduce the blocks in this country. He has been in consultation with Mayor Sutro in regard to substituting the blocks for the rough cobble- stones in this City. OBSERVED BY WESTERN EDITORS. Their Utility Revesled. Eureka Watchma We never could see any beauty in balloon sleeves, nor could we conceive that they were of any possible utility. But now we under- stand. A woman crossing from Victoria to Port Townsend was examined on suspicion of smuggling, angd five tins of opium were found secreted in her big sleeves. We now see their utility. In fact, in this inventive age almost soything can ‘be utilized for the benefit of mankind. The Great Pine-Needle Industry. Rogue River (Or.) Courier. The pine-needle money, $505 of it, has been deposited in' the bank at Grants Pass, and can- not be taken out except for the purchase of pine needles at $5 per ton. The plantisex- ‘thypy wife ‘and e ~ The exchange of a few | He had just been writing the com- | | such attractions and varieties of climate as California does? Trust in the Grand Old Party. | | Reno (Nev.) Gazette. | The Silver party ot Nevada is and has been | browsing abrutin space with spoils as its only object, and to support it would certainly not add to the possibility of securing free coiuage. We believe.as we always have that the Repub- liean party will getfle ‘the silver question, and | sa(-utlfi:’v r;:,l gwllhoul upsetting the finances o N They have shown by their acts that they §ré able to cope Wwith every great question. Gijethem time and the silver Gues- tion will beas patriotically settled as was that of slavery. | Durability of Redwood. Santa Rosa Democrat. A Santa Rosa undertaker asserts that a coffin made of redwood was unearthed here after | twenty-eight years’ interment, and found to be in a good state of preservation, as was the red- wood box encasing it. The coffin still had ves- tiges of varnish on it. The body it once con- tained was represented by a small pile of dust. Coftins made of elm or ash go to piecesin a couple of years. Look on the Bright Side of Things. Livermore Herald. How easy it is forus to accuse another per- son of wrongdoing and how easy to pass our judgment on another’s conduct. Would we | invite others to sit likewise in judgment upon us? Letus stop and think before blaming an- other, for often the trouble lies with ourselves. Think good of the world end it will be better; | look on'the bright side of life and we will be | happier. A Suggestion of Blue Blazes. Fregno Republican. | Old-fashioned Democrats can easily imagine the remarks which Andrew Jackson would make if he were still in the flesh and had read the message of Grover Cleveland advising Con- gress not only to turn over the finances of the country to the bankers but to give them new and special considerations for the privilege of issuing and regulating the currency. But Native Sons Are Not for Sale. Watsonville Pajaronian. San Benito has a capitalist who has a daugh- ter, $50,000 and 40,000 acres of land open to proposals of marriage from English-speaking | nobility. Here’s a chance for some of the | Native Sons. They fill all the requirements. They are “princes of the blood” of the grand- est State of the greatest Nation on earth. The World Wants More Horse Sense. Redwood Times-Gazette. This world could get along very well with more philosophy and less emotion: more sober thought and less sickly sentiment; more sense and less suicide; more who are willing to serve and less to be served; with more free lunches and less banquets, A GRAND, SWEET SONG. Oh, get me a quill trom the Dodo’s wing Or a plume of the Mugwump Bird, A pen for a Message to soar and sing, To fly and shoot with a roar and ring, Till the heart of the world is stirred With the Consecrate word ! 1 will drop my hook in the Brain-flumes deep, Where the mighty Mind-wheels go; Where the Thoughis like fishes shine and leap, And flop in my Thought-creel in & heap; Where the Thought-whales plunge and blow, Iu a Consecrate row. Ol bring me a ream of sheepskins good, Tl I write of the wook 8o free, On tablets made of ebony wood And worthy the great beatitude To be grafted on a nobler tree, “The word of the Consecrate Me. Oh, ominons midst of the sacrificed duck, Or the buefish of Buzzard’s Bay, What sign and token of Cleveland Tuck? From you what word of cheer may I pluck? ‘What bréezes of Destiny play By my Consecrate way? On, Thurber, my friend and my mate, What visions arlse in me! T know that the people must long and wait For the helping band ot the Son of Fate, £or the darliug of Destiny, For Consecrafe G. C. e e LITERATURE. ‘Williston Fish, in Life. The thoughts, the fancies and the dreams of men have neatly all been enshrined in litera- ture. The work of writers is almost done, and, if they but knew it, the present race of literary men coula knock off much earlier in the after- noon than they seen to suppose. This is & matter of some moment in econ- omics. Tf, in the spring, our writers could perceive how complete is our supply of vernal verse they might be content to occupy them- selves in planting thie garden and clearing up the lawn, They would see that a plain bonfire in the back yard could be engineered by them more successfully than a beacon-fire on the hills of song for which the materials were long since exhausted. If the true status of things were understood our literary giauts woula see themselves justi- fied in assisting their patient wives, who now undertake the prosaic cares of the household under the erroneous impression that the pres- ence of their husbands is indispensably re- quired on the heights of Olympus. Often of & winter evening the t and father feels obliged to remark sternly: “Now, see here, 1 must. have some sort of quiet while I finish this original poem”; whereas if he saw tbat his original poem were already written in excellent stylé he would gladly throw his re- fined but redundant pen aside and join his anchised chfldren in & \ merry bgut &t ¢asino with mirth and song; and xnsleadbgg sttting till Jate in the niglt, silent and alonk, writing above a mortal pitch, and grasping at lofty but mocking thoughts. he K ould wind up the evening with his convivial family epjoying_the simple but unelusive de- lights of & box of erackers and some bottles of beer. With mistaken notions as to the arrears in the world’s literary work, many men now go to the eity so that in their writing they may enjoy the stimulus of rivalry with other liter- ary men; but there is more need of potatoes than poetry, and to aid in the really needed work of the world these men should move on to & large farm where 1n_harvesting alfalia and golden grain they could enjoy the stimulus of rivalry ip trying to “push’” the hired man. s s S e PERSONAL. Dr. J. Clark of Gilroy is in the City. Ex-Judge E. W.'Holland of Tulare is in town. Ex-Judge C. O. Clark of Siskiyou is at the Grand. John J. Seymont, an attorney of Fresno, is at the Lick. P. B. McCabe, & mining man of Arizona, is at the Baldwin. Professor W. L. Elliott of Stanford University is in the Cit The Rev. William II. Stoy of Marysville ar- rived here yesterday. George W. Keisel, & wine-grower of Sacra- mento, 18 in the City. K. 8. Clift, a mechanical engineer of Sydney, N.S. W, is in the City. B. George, an attorney of Sacramento, is among recent arrivals. A.J. Rhodes, the political manager, of Sacra- mento, is at the Grand. W. B. Ambrose, a merchant of Lakeport, is here for a few days’ stay. W. F. Knox, the wealthy lumberman, of Sac- ramento, arrived yesterday. H. Clifford Moore, a wealthy resident of Santa Barbara, is at the California. Miss Bessie Bonehill, the leading lady in the Rice company, is at the Palace. John Finnell, the banker and large real es- tate owner, of Tehama, is in town. R. P. Andrews of Red Bluff, District Attorney of Tehama County, is at the Grand. Charles and Fred Erickson, the railroad con- tractors, o Guadaloupe, are in the City. George E.Goodman, the banker, of Napa, is in ’| the City, accompanied by Mrs. Goodman. S. Hubert Brown of Asheville, the noted North Carolina resort, is at the California, Dr. C. W. Aby, formerly manager of Mrs, Langtry’s Lake County ranch, is here from Stockton. Actor Robert Downing of Washingion, D. C., arrived here yesterday, accompanied by his wife. They are at the Palace. Samuel McMurtrie of Guadaloupe, one of the builders of the Southern Pacific division near Guadaloupe, arrived here last night. | Ovide Musin, the violin virtuoso, is preparing for a trip to Japan; Australia, India‘and on sround the world. He will leave on the next steamer. ] Editor Ivens of the Salt Lake Herald, the morning Democratic and Mormon newspaper of the Utah metropolis, is among the recent ar- rivals here. \ E. J. Cehill, the property surveyor for a long time connected with the Bank of Californil butlatterly a ranch-owner, of San Martin, a rived here yesterday. H. M. Yerrington of Carson City, onelof the leading officials of the Virginia and Truckee Railroad and a partner of D. 0. Mills in the lumber business, is at the Palace. J. A. Scofield of Hollister and E. A. Noyes of ville, president and vice-president, re- spectively, of the California Poultry Associa- tion, arrived here yesterday and are &t the Palace. CALIFORNIANS IN NEW YDR&(.’ NEW YORK, N. —Professor A. N. Krausow was among the passengers who sajled on the steamship Spree for Bremen.’ Among recent arrivals are: C. A. Henry, Imperial; T. H. B. Varney, Holland; F. D. Bates, Hoffma G, W. Buffington and wife, Westminster; A. Glenn, C. H. Schmidt, Imperial; E. M. Ehlert, Holland;; E. C. Rice, Grand Union. H.J. Kil- gariff and bride are at the St. Clond. ® A CHARMING EVENING WAIST.' A simple evening or dinner waist that may be made at home has an attraction for all womens The one shown here 1s very easily made, as the back shows, giving as it does only the outlines. The trimming is the important vart of this lit- tle waist. As illustrated the waist is of white satin, over the body is laid, both back and front, accordion-pleated black chiffon, which is allowed to droop over in fronton the right side, the selvedge being taken for the top. Black velyet ribbons with steel tips and steel vassementerie form the trimming. A waist of fancy silk in blue and pink may be charmingly trimmed by using either blue or pink chiffon in ruffles for the reck and sleeves, and over this ‘nhcin: across the back and front at intervals of four inches sable tails. Two tails meet over the top of the arm-sibe. Another stylish waist to wear with a black skirt is of bright plaid, with sleeves of biack satin. A ruflie of black chiffon trims the neck, ll:ld‘blnrk jet outlines the double box pleat in the front. ANSWERS TO CORRESPONDENTS. THE YUKON MINEs—T. L. M., Los Angeles, Cal. A person wishing to go to the Yukon mines should make a start from either this City or from Puget Sound for Juneau, Alaska, in either March or April. From Juneau the traveler takes a small steamer that conveys him a certain distance up the river; then from the landing-place it is overland to the mines near the neadwaters of the Yukon River. The expense from this City to the mines is from $125 to $150, which includes the cost of an outfit. - It is said that it is better to take pro- visions at Juneau than to pack them from this City. Forty-mile Creek, so named from the fact that 1t Is located at that distance from Fort Yukon, is said to be the best mining district. In most of the townsin Alaska board can be had for $1 a day. Answers to Correspondents cannot filwe you “in communicatign with some reliable miner who may propose return- ing to the Yukon mines.” KATIE PEASE—W. H. B., City. The following is the record of the race in which Katie Paase was winner in 1874 in this City: Bay District Fair Ground Track, San Francisco, December 26, 1874. Running. mile heats, three in five, free for all. Purse $1000, second horse to save entrance. W. Patrick named s. m. Katie Pease, by Planet, 100 pounds, J. Baines. b3 €. McLaughlin named bay m. Nell Fiaherty by Rifieman, 100 pouads, C. Roos. . W, [Flerce named bey m. Bianche Hali, Riffeman, 100 e§°° J. Reavy... P. Robson named b. h. Henry, by Norfolk The mare did not run on the Ocean House track that year for a purse of $25,000. GERMAN MILITARY SERVICE—J. H., Westly, Stanislaus County, Cal. The German. Govern- ment claims the right to exact military service of all its male subjects, irrespective of the fact that they are citizens of another country. If 8 German subject left Germany at the age of 17, not baving performed the prescribed mili- tary duty, came to the United States, was nat- uralized and voted, and then returned te Ger- many, he would at the expiratioh of four months be liable to arrest and be forced to serve in the ariay for the prescribed term t the German Government, out of courtesy to the United States, allows such German-American citizens four months' grace in which to visit the German empire or any one in it. CITIZENSHIP—G. M. 8, City. You say thatyou were born in Central Amesica, came to this City when but 6 years of aee, stndied in the schools until you were 15 and then went to sea, followed the sea until two years ago, when you gave it up'and have since resided in this City. Under these circumstances you stand in exactly the same light as any other alien who wished to become a citizen. u did not lose your residence in San Franci e maal anciseo by reason of You can become hat you were engaged in navigation. at this time declare your intention to 4 citizen, and in two years prove that e been a relsuiont of the United States 2 ears and more and that you have resided in this State for one year conyinUONSLY prior to the second declaration. Then ‘“‘full papers” will be issued to you. CHILKAT—Subscriber, Vallejo, Cal. The loca- tion of Chilkat, as it appears on the map pub- lished recently in THE CALL, is correct, and agrees with the latest map of Alaska, 1892, published by Rand & McNally, and with the charts of the United States and Geodétic Coast Survey. Iis location is 135.20 longitude and 59.10 latitude. PrIVATE HosPITALS—Polk street. City. There is no published listof private hospitals of this State. . The only way you could secure such would be to write to some prominent person or physiciant in_each county and ask the person addressed to furnish the name and address of each private hospital in his county. BERING SEA Drspures—~Fair Play, San Jose, Cal. Inthe Bering Sea dispute England. was, in the opinion of the Board of Arbitration Commissioners in the right, for it rendered judgment in its favor. OuR LAws—Pair Play, San Jose,Cal. Many of the laws of the United States are patterned after the English common law and many are of United States origin BoB Firzsimmons—Fair Play, San Jose, Cal Parties who claim to know Bob Fitzsimmons well declare that he is not a citizen of the United States. CALENDARS, 1896, Roberts, 220 Sutter st. *. - SOFT baby cream, 15¢ pound. Townsend's.* e SPECIAL information daily to manufacturers, business houses and public men by the Press Clipping Bureau (Allen’s), 510 Montgomety. * s e Mark Hopkins Institute of Art. This is the last week in which to see Mu- rillo’s masterpieces. Thursday’s will be the last concert, the exhibition closing Saturday even- ing, December 14. - — - For men whose natures have been expanded by social pleasures Argonaut whisky 1s made, and it is by these that Argonautis used. It i3 a gentleman’s drink, tne conseientious product of distillers who know that in order to main- tain a high reputation for a particular art they cannot afford to turn out any but & pur wholesome and beneficial whisk; '] fi that physicians preseribe it is suff dicate its quality. E. Martin & Co., ket street. 411 Mar. s Professor Rudolph Van Roth, the famous Sanscrit scholar, died recently in Germany, He has been for fifty years a professor at Tu. bingen, and with Bothlingk published & Sau. serit dictionary from Hood’s Sarsaparilla. which causes the disease, is neutralized, the blood purified and a feeling of serene health imparted. —————————— CHICAGO LIMITED. rheumatism should take The acidity of the blood, SUFFERERS FE ROUTE. A new train throughout begins October 29, Pullman’s finest sleeping-cars, vestibule reclining- chair cars and dining-cars. Los Angeles to Chi- cago, via Kansas City, without change. Annex cars on sharp connection for Denver and St. Louis. Twenty-seven hours quicker than the quickest competing train. The Santa Fe has been put in fine physical condition and is now the bess transcontinental railway. Ee s e A CoveH, COLD OR SORE THROAT requires im- mediate attention. “Brown’s Bronchial Troches” will Invarlably give relief. 25¢ a box. ———————— Couans and colds are dangerous intruders. E pel them with PARKER'S GINGER ToNTCY PARKER'S HAIR BALSAM aids the hair growth. oit | S 3 ADD 20 drops of Dr. Siegert’s Angostuw to every glass of impure water you drin] = gy ” Bitters A Russian Hebrew is said to have devoted a large sum to establishing a Jewish university in Jerusalem, in which special attention is to be paid to the Semitic languages ana Hebrew literature. NEW TO-DAY. ERY Pretty Dishes VERY Cheap Prices Pretty China Cups, Saucers and Plates 10, 15, 20 25, 35 cts. each Dainty China Cream Pitchers 5 10, 15, 20, 25, 35 cts. each Fancy China Salads, Iee Creams and Pre. serve Dishes 10, 15, 20, 25, 35 cts. each DINNER SETS 60;‘\!«:-9 complete for 6 Parsons re White, Blue, Brown and Rich Gold Spray Decorations. Prices per set— 350, 4:.00. 4.25, 525 GB.1s DINNER SETS “N) Pieces complete for 12 Parsons Pure White, Blue, Brownand Rich Goid Spray Decorations. G.bo, Gso. T Prices per set— .25, 875, Os0 WATER SETS (8 pieces gla 40 cts TEA SETS (8 plec:s glass) .. .35 cts BOYQUET HOLDERS (little beauties)...10c each Blue, Brown and Rich Gold Spray Dec- orations. Cup and Saucer Sets of 12 pieces 45¢, 50c, 60c, 75¢c per set Grfiaal American Tmporting Tea Co. : New Store 1344 Market st., Bet. 7th and 8tb 140 Sixth st. 965 Market st. 333 Haye 1419 Polk st. 521 Montg’y ave, 2008 Fillmore st. 3006 Sixteenth st. 2510 Mission st. 218 Third st. i (ity Stores. i 3259 Mission st. 616 E. Twelfth st A We Operate 100 Stores and Agencies 1053 Washington Oakland. Park st. and Write for Price List. ——— Price 50 Cents § s 617 Kearny st. 917 Broadway. ‘!‘nm Alameda ave. ELY'S CREAM BAL ‘ | 146 Ninth st. 131 San Pabloav. | Headquarters—52 Market St., S, ¥. QUICKLY CURES pply Balm into each nostril. l gk! im.mv-u-;m